ABSTRACT

This text examines how leaders on Java rise to power, stay in power and pass their power on. Most of these essays deal with rural power but a few address more general issues of leadership.

chapter |22 pages

Pamong Desa or Raja Desa?

Wealth, Status and Power of Village Officials

chapter |18 pages

Village Elections in Central Java

State Control or Local Democracy?

chapter |26 pages

New Order Modernization and Islam

Village Officials and Religious Teachers

chapter |25 pages

Can the Javanese Do Business?

The Awakening of Indigenous Capitalists in Indonesia